FEATURED MUSICIANS
CARLA PATULLO
Carla Patullo is best known for her music that blends lush acoustics with layered vocals and experimental electronics. Her music strives to connect with the deep human emotions that are found in moments of grief, healing, redemption, and joy. Read more here: www.carlapatullo.com/about
TONALITY
Tonality is a vocal ensemble whose mission is to deliver authentic stories through voice and body to incite change, understanding, and dialogue. Founder and Artistic Director Alexander Lloyd Blake created Tonality with the intention of connecting people with our shared humanity through song.
Singers: Anna Crumley, Kim Dawson, Cassandra Duschane, Kion Heidari, Gracie Laboy, David Morales, Mariah Rae, Alex Robinson, Rebecca Tomasko.
ALEXANDER LLOYD BLAKE (TONALITY)
Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake works as a conductor, composer/arranger, vocal contractor, singer, and music activist. Blake is the Founding Artistic Director of Tonality, an award-winning choral ensemble focused on spreading a message of unity, peace, and social justice through a culturally diverse choral setting. He also serves as the Choir Director at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) and as a Principal Associate Conductor of the National Children’s Chorus.
SCORCHIO QUARTET
Under Mooke’s direction, the Scorchio String Quartet is hailed as a cutting-edge electro-acoustic ensemble known for its artistry and eclecticism. Scorchio has performed with David Bowie, Philip Glass, Smith, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Flaming Lips, Vampire Weekend, Regina Spektor, David Byrne and many others. Scorchio members are founding violist Martha Mooke, violin I Lorenza Ponce, violin II Frederika Krier, and cellist Leah Coloff.
MARTHA MOOKE (SCORCHIO QUARTET, VIOLA, MUSIC DIRECTOR)
SO SHE HOWLS features acoustic and electric viola solos by Martha Mooke, acclaimed for her electrifying performances and compositions. She is a pioneering electric violist and collaborator with David Bowie, Philip Glass, and Laurie Anderson, to name a few. She transcends musical boundaries, enhancing classical training with extended techniques, technology and improvisation.
LORENZA PONCE (SCORCHIO QUARTET, VIOLIN I)
Lorenza Ponce, is a violinist, composer, vocalist, arranger and beekeeper. She has recorded 6 solo records and has toured with The Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Sam Smith, Dolly Parton, Hall and Oates, Ben Fold’s Five, Kitaro, Bon Jovi, and others. Lorenza has also performed alongside many artists including Emmylou Harris, Rita Wilson, Ray LaMontagne, Pearl Jam, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, Cyndi Lauper, The Zombies, Neil Young, and numerous artists at the Tibet House Benefit concerts with the Scorchio String Quartet. Her string arrangements can be heard on albums by The Dixie Chicks, including their No. one hit, “Landslide”, Sheryl Crow, Bon Jovi, “Bon Jovi MTV, Unplugged”, among many others. Lorenza runs the Our Wee Farm Pollinator Sanctuary in New Windsor, Maryland - a 37 acre organic farm dedicated to providing safe habitat for our endangered pollinators. Please visit www.lorenzaponce.com for more info.
LEAH COLOFF (SCORCHIO QUARTET, CELLO)
Leah Coloff is described by The New York Times as “a combination of artful angularity and a rock-inflected assertiveness.” Raised in the Pacific Northwest, her classical roots collide with 70’s rock and a pioneer spirit creating her self-identified style, CLUNK (Classical + Punk) with songs and works that are honest, sensual, funny, brutal, pissed-off, beautiful, and chilly sweet. In addition to her personal creations, Leah is a professional cellist. She can be heard on the Grammy-nominated Oklahoma! cast Recording. And in the classical realm, Leah’s focus is working with contemporary living composers including Philip Glass, Ted Hearne, Joel Thome, Sean Friar, and Michael Gordon.
FREDERIKA KRIER (SCORCHIO QUARTET, VIOLIN II)
German-Romanian violinist Frederika Krier grew up playing many different music styles (classical, folk, gypsy swing, funk, soul, latin, hard rock). She leads her own bands (Frederika Krier Quartettn and Molecular Vibrations) and is coleader of Laghima (duo violin/live electronics with Gian Luigi Diana) and "Kus & Rika" (duo violin/beatbox with Markus). She has toured extensively (Gitte Haenning, Arijit Singh, Family Stone) and has worked with Akua Dixon, Regina Carter, Rita Wilson, Phoebe Bridgers, The Patti Smith Band, Dennis Davis (David Bowie, George Benson), Jim Cammack (Ahmad Jamal), Mamadou Ba (Harry Belafonte), and Frank Lacy, among many others.
LILI HAYDN (OPIUM MOON)
The album also features Lili Haydn, whose six critically acclaimed major label recordings as a solo artist have been NPR favorites, and her legendary collaborations include everyone from Herbie Hancock, Sting, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, the LA Philharmonic, and George Clinton's P-Funk All Stars to name a few. Lili is a Grammy award-winning artist and a lifelong activist, and believes music and stories have the power to heal and uplift … important now more than ever.
ENGINEERS
DANIEL KRESCO (Mixing + Mastering Engineer)
Daniel Kresco is a GRAMMY Award-winning mixing, mastering, and recording engineer. Some of his credits include the film scores The Joker, 12 Years A Slave, and Kung Fu Panda.
JAMES FRAZEE (Recording Engineer)
James Frazee is a producer, engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist with over fifteen years of experience recording music in the NYC area, and has been nominated for several Grammys for his engineering and mixing work.
